Watering-trough.



:UNITED-STATES PATENTOFFICE-i l andrai. c. MICH'AEL, orcosH-EN, INDIANA, iissonon 'ro sANronn D. HELM. wir.-

Lmx o. oNEALL, ND CHARLES E. Lm, of cnAWFonnsvlLLn, INDIANA.

' To all whomtmayco1wern y t known Athat ANCEAL C. MICHAEL, #o citizenof the United States, residing:l at

Yil() pecilcatlon o( Lettera Patent. .Patented Sept. 13, 1910,.;

puntini nea im i;` (sie. serii Nc.' 566,563.

Goshen, in the county of-Elklisrt and State of Indiana, have invented cei'tainnevvv and useful Im rovements in liatering-Troiigbs, of which t e following is a specification.

This invention relates to iiiiprov -mients the trough to replenish the latter vas fastas its water is consumed .und topro'vide means for replacing the Water fed from the tank by nir to support the How. Another objectis to provide means for conveniently refilling the tank and to provide a ortahlel device'with means for oonvciiiont y refilling the storage' tank. j

Y Another object is to provide a drinking fountain of the character referred'to wliic .would bc simple and effective inits operation, durable, and inexpensive'to construct.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustrated in the vnccouxpanying drawing, in whichj Figure 1 is a top plan view of a watering fountain made in accordance with my vinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of sume. Fig. 3 is a front elevation .of the watering fountain.` Fig. 4 is a. detail in vertical section on the line 4 4 of Figs'. Land 2, the iniddle portion being broken away and removed to shorten the view. Fig. 5 is a. detail infvertical section of the lower ends of the dir su ly and water flllin tubes on the dotted me 5-5 of Fig. 4. ignf is an under side view and' partial section onr the line. (-G of Fig. 4.

Lilie characters of refer( nce indicate likev parts throughout the several views.

"1 is the water storage tankthe to 2.0i

which hns the housing 3 with a-cenfra openy vingyl. The bottom of the tank rests uponA angle bar brackets 6 which are secured to vertical parts 7; The parts 7 are rigidly'.

secured to and are supported by said runners 8. 'The up'oer ends of the arts are preferably extendedin arches 9 w ich beur agilnst the ends of the tpnk 1 and assist in retaining the tank in place on the sled. l

"The parts 7 are additionally braced by the horizontal bars 10 and 'these bars 10 serve und the material o A wardly :is shown :it (sec Fig. 6) into con also as supports for a removable drinking trough 11.-

The front ends of the runners 8 are kprovided with the draft rods 12 to which power for drawing the device from place to place is applied. This is important. as it enables the location of the drinking fountain to. be

chan ed with suilicientfrequency to Prever. the Iorination of mud holes alongside the eil and even to prevent the wearing away of: the graso. -Diagonal brace bars 13 extend from the runners to the top ofthe arch 9.

The bottom 5 has n large central opening i from which depends n cup 15 with down- .wjntdly tapering sides and open bottoni.`

The top 2 has an opening directly 'above the cup. 17 is a tube the lower end of which is connected with an air and water tight fit to. y the lower Walls of the cup 15, and its upper end surrounds the opening in top Q sind is fastened ofsaid top. The wal of the tubo.

l? has the nir holes 18 a short distance heloivtlie to i 2, and it is provided with the dininetricaily opposite openings 19 near .its lower end.

Mounted within the tube- 17 issn inner tube 20 of the saine length which is fastened at its upper end to the under ,side of the top` 2 and extends to the lower end of cup 15. The wallsof the tube Z0 have incisions.V from their lower ends .o poste tl'ieopening 19 i) the walls is bent outtact wiilitnbe l? thereinY forming tivo oppositeljv locizted nii' passages 23, and the ends sis.

of the .vall thus shortened are bent out- 1 if? j wardly into contact with the tube 17 for'n-y ing the closures 21 at the upper edve of openings V19, and of the joints thus Yoi'n'ied be'- t'ivecri the tubes 17 and Q0, are made air tight by soiilei'ing or otherwise.

25 s :in upwardly tapering shell which is inserted within the if-wcr ends of the tubes 17 and 3U so iis to eine a free passage from the interior oftnbe 2f) into cup 15 through the openings 19. The interior of the shell forms a seat for .n valve 27, here shown as asplierical stopper which is mounted on the lower end of a rod 23. The rod 28 extends upwardly through tube 20 and is at- 'tacheil to an eccentric operating lever' 29 iilcrunied on a bar 30 crossing the top o ninginto tube 20. The valve 27 wil be opened or closed by lowering or raisingtho lever 29.

The operation' of my invention is .as fol A lows: When it is desired to fill the tank l the valve 2 is drawn up by lever E29 closmf` the entrance to shell 25. Water int-reduc into tube i() will pass down and out through A Y its lower end, a second tube within the first.'

opening 19 into cup 15 and thence to the --interiorof tank 1 filling the latter to the thence out at the bottoni throu h the paspreferied height, the air in the tank being simultaneously forced out through holes 18 into the space between tubes. l'arid 20 and sages When the valve 2T `is owered water will return through holes -19 and dir-- charge through its shell into the troughy 1,1. 'hen the water in the trough 11 rises I, to a point above the passages 23 air to sup-- port the liow of water wilhbe shut off and therefore the water in trough 11 will only reach u' level just above the lower endsvof said passages 23. As the water is used from the trough 151 air .will enter through passages 23 and pass to the top of tank l which. willy again permit the water to iow through "opening l" and shell :into the trough.

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4 Having thus fully described my said in-- vention what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. drinking fountain, comprising sledrunners, posts supported by said runners the vtops of said posts being connected in pairs by arches,` brackets on said posts, and

a water` storage tank held between saidA y arches and supported by said brackets.

c 2. A drinking fountain, comprising sledrunners, upwardly extended in curves at each of their ends, horizontal bars supportp ed `b v s'aid curved extensions, posts supported by said runners, the tops of said iosts being connected in pairsv by arches, rackcts on said iosts, a water storage tank held between sait arches and supported by .e said brackets, and a. trough below the tank supported upon said horizontal bars of the 1 sled runners.

3. A drinkingfountain, comprising sledrunners, upwardly extended in curves tit-each A of their enfls, "longitudinal bars supported by said cui'ved extensions, posts supported i by sled-runners the tops of said posts being connected in pairs b f arches, a water storage tank between said arches supported by the iosts, a tube cnitcndnwfl down from the insi e top of the tank and terminating be- 'i low the tank, a valve seat within the tube near its lower end, a valve in said seat, an air-tube taking air from. the inside of the tank above the water level and discharging below the tank, and a trough below the tank supported upon said horizontal barsv of the sled-runners. U A

4. A drinking fountain, comprising a wa` ter storage tank, a, cup secured to the bottom 7 of the. tank, nrtiibe'withiii'tlie tank eittend-v i ing down from the top of the tank and terininatin d at the bottoni of the cup, said tube having ioles through its'walls near its upper end and openings through its walls 'nearV tube starting from the top of the tank and having .openings through its wall dischargthe 'iirst tube, said tubes havingzan air space between, tliein which only .discharges through the vbottom of the cup, a valve in said cup to prevent the escape of waterfront the tank when the valve is closed, and a projects.`

- A drinking fountain, comprising a water storage tank, a tube within the tank ex-L `terminating below the bottoni of the. tank, said tube having holes through its walls its walls a ove and neai` the bottom of the tank, a second tube within the first tube first tube, said two tubes having an airspace bottoni of both tubes, a valve at or near the of water from the tank whenV the valve is closed, and a trough below the -tank into near the top of the tank and wall openings having portions of `its wall bent out into forni openings which register with the lower` wall openings of the outer tube, the air space between the two tubes'beino' closed o tfV openings, a. valve at the bottoni of said tubes to prevent the escape of water from the tank when the valve is closed, and the trough below the tank into which the lower ends of the said pipes project. 1

'.this, 11th day of April, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and ten.

ANCEAL C. Witnessesi ANTHONY Dimm.,

F. W. VVOERNBR. l

near its upper end and openings through contact with the tiist `tube to forni a plu" rality of air passage extensions and also to MICHAEL [L's.]. Y

ing through theopenings'near the bottoni ofA trough below the tank into which the cup tending down from the top of the tank and f starting frointiietop of thetank and having openings through its walls-whichk dischargey through the openings near the bottoni of the between tlieni which' only discharges at the l bottoni of both tubes to prevent the escape `f which the lower ends of the two tubes pro` said tube having air holes through its walls near the lower end of the tube, a second tube in an air tight manner from said lower wall- In witness whereof, I, have hereunto setA my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, 

